Often Irreverent, Mostly Rational Blog for Fans of the Toronto Blue Jays. One Day, We'll Be Perfect.

Saturday, August 30, 2008

I have seen the future, and it is Giant, Pasty, and White

So, not a bad little debut for our boy Snider, huh? Oh sure, he struck out looking with his team down a run in the late innings with two on and nobody out......but that's almost a rite of passage for this team, no? I think we can overlook it.

In the span of 24 hours, Young Travis (See what I did there? I channeled my inner Campbell. See what I do for you?) smashed a double to dead center in (shitty) old Yankee Stadium, made a highlight reel (poorly played) catch down an unfamiliar left field line, and induced more boners than a Miley Cyrus google image search in a junior high computer lab. If nothing else, should make for a fun month of baseball, no?

Fulfilling my obligationsSurfing around the blogs, I see it's become mandatory to weigh in on the option years/service time issue.

Try and keep up with me, because I've done a lot of research on the collective bargaining agreement and have extensively weighed the merits of YT's recall against the potential sticking points down the road. I'm about to break it down for you.....ready?

Fuck service time, and especially fuck option years.

The option years don't even matter, as prospects of Snider's caliber - assuming he comes remotely close to meeting expectations - aren't going to be frequent fliers between AAA and the majors. The lesson learned here? Kevin Mench is not a prospect of Travis Snider's caliber.

The service years are a different animal. Weekend readers might find this hard to believe, but people smarter than me have been making rational, logical, well thought-out arguments against YT's recall because of the issue, but.....just....fuck service time.

Chances are that the team will make every effort to buy out his arbitration years along with a couple of free agent years (a la Rios, Hill, Longoria, etc....) anyway, and maybe now this happens a season earlier than expected, but......fuck service time.

I need something here. And I promise I won't complain if the Jays are a few million short of signing a mashing DH in 2014 because of it.

Stairs is a classy gent. He leaves a 4th place team with a bad GM and still gives a thumb's up to the city AND the squad. God, Canadians are so fucking polite(that is a compliment)!

Can you believe the Jays lose another tight one? I don't care what Snider is gonna become they need to shore up the offense next seaosn. They need more than Manny BTW. They need at least 2 pieces because stiffs like Rolen are an automatic out.

Dave, the baby Steinbrenners , especially Hal, are somewhat different from George. Dave they didn't sign Santanna because Cashman didn't want him and remember how Hank was salivating to get him? Hal Steinbrenner is Cashman's lapdog.

Manny produces BUT look at his fucking hair, the sloppy way he wears that uniform even the Yankee new skool bosses don't go for that. Hal has the ear of Cashman , dave , and if Cash is still around there is very little chance that Manny shows up in the Bronx. People outside of the NY tristate area think it's business as usual in the Bronx, but it's not. The baby Steinbrenners do care what Cashman says, even though they are tanking this year.

That being said, Manny probably will end up in Toronto! JP is stupid enough to sign him and Manny grew up as a Jay fan in NYC. They have the money next year AND the Jays are in Boston's division where he can stick it to Boston every series.